Sibylline Oracles

The Sibylline Oracles are a collection of pseudepigraphic Jewish and Christian prophecies written in Greek hexameters over hundreds of years, voiced by a type of " pagan" prophetess, a sibyl.|||Greek manuscripts, the oldest dating from the 14th century CE. The extant collection was preserved and edited by Christians.|||Composed between the 2nd century BCE and the 5th century CE. Book III, about 140 BCE, is the oldest Jewish portion.|||Not canonical in any tradition.|||Jewish and Christian oracles attributed to the pagan Sibyls. Cover the history of the world, the coming of the Messiah, and the judgment of God. Important for understanding Jewish and Christian apocalypticism.|||Charlesworth, J. H., ed. The Old Testament Pseudepigrapha, vol. 1. Doubleday, 1983.|||Collins, J. J. " Sibylline Oracles." In OTP 1:317–472.|||Buitenwerf, R. Book III of the Sibylline Oracles. Brill, 2003.|||Sibylline Oracles — Sacred Texts|https://www.sacred-texts.com/cla/sib/|Full public-domain translation.;; Sibylline Oracles — Wikipedia|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sibylline_Oracles|Background and scholarly discussion.|||" God is one, alone, and there is no other." — Sibylline Oracles (paraphrase)